The trial for a class action lawsuit against Anglo-Australian multinational mining company BHP began on Monday in England, with 620,000 claimants seeking damages for the collapse of a tailings pond dam in Brazil that killed 19 and released 50 million cubic meters of toxic waste into the environment. There are additional class action lawsuits as [...]

The National Assembly of Pakistan approved the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill on Monday, with international groups voicing concern about erosion of judicial independence in the country. The amendment modifies Article 175 of the Constitution, introducing a selection process for the Chief Justice of Pakistan. A parliamentary committee will select the Chief Justice from the three most [...]

North Korea Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui condemned the recent formation of a US-led multilateral sanctions monitoring team on Sunday, calling it “utterly unlawful and illegitimate.” In a statement released by North Korea’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, Choe warned that the countries involved in the initiative would face consequences for their actions. In particular, Choe [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said Sunday that billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to give money to registered voters for signing his America PAC petition in support of “free speech and the right to bear arms” is deeply concerning and warrants investigation by law enforcement. Musk, who has lately become an outspoken and vigorous advocate on the [...]

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said Sunday that “the nightmare in Gaza is intensifying,” emphasizing an “ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.” Wennesland condemned ongoing attacks on civilians, asserting, “Nowhere is safe in Gaza.” He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, calling for the hostages held by Hamas to be released, [...]

A 49-year-old man named Atsunobu Usuda reportedly threw several firebombs at the headquarters of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, and rammed a van into a barricade at the nearby Prime Minister’s office on Saturday. According to local media, he threw five of what appeared to be [...]

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday that his ministry will take legal and diplomatic measures against the banning of Israeli companies from a major defense exhibition in Paris by Emmanuel Macron. Israel could pursue legal measures through the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. The WTO prohibits discriminatory trade practices between member [...]

The lawyer of a prominent Mozambique opposition politician, along with an opposition party official, were killed by gunfire on Saturday, following a recent election that was marred by allegations of fraud and intimidation against opposition parties. Elvino Dias, the first victim of the attack, had been a lawyer for Mozambique’s opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane. Paulo [...]

Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, was released from prison on Saturday after spending more than two years behind bars in pre-trial detention. Zamora, who has been a vocal critic of government corruption through his investigative reporting, was transferred to house arrest after a court ruling determined that his preventive detention had [...]

The Supreme Court of Ghana on Friday temporarily halted Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare the seats of four Members of Parliament (MPs) vacant. The court order suspended enforcement of Bagbin’s ruling made on October 17, allowing the MPs to retain their positions for the time being. The controversy arose when MP Haruna [...]